added npx bio plastic

karsseboom · 02/24/2011, 08:26 PM

I just added some new media to the tank last nite and this whole day the corals have been closed up. The olny changes i have made since last night where the media and some alkand it went from 8 to 9 which i think is safe.

ph 8.2
nitrate 0
phosphate. 0 or really low
alk 9
cal 440
mag 1500

anyone have a clue on what i did?

allsps40 · 02/24/2011, 08:56 PM

Adding to much of the new solid carbon medias on the market can cause issue from everything I have heard. This is why I have stayed away. Bio pellets/media and higher alk can cause issues as well. Add media to reactor in small amounts over time. But if you have 0 no3 and 0 po4 then why are you adding a carbon source?

karsseboom · 02/24/2011, 10:25 PM

Cause i had some p04. Im thinking now i dont want to use bio pellets and just run gfo. Can i just take the BP out or do i need to take little by little. I have olny been running them for 2 days.

allsps40 · 02/27/2011, 10:24 AM

I would take out like 90% of it and start slowly with it. GFO can be harmful as well if use incorrectly/add to much at once.

mityoak · 02/27/2011, 11:31 AM

I would add this,
I was dosing vodka for about a year and had often Cyno out breaks but the benefts to my corals were great so i just lived with it.
I have switched to bio plastics and wheened my tank from vodka with no ill effects and as of now no cyno .The corals all look amazing

02/24/2011, 08:26 PM	#1
karsseboom Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 2,183	added npx bio plastic I just added some new media to the tank last nite and this whole day the corals have been closed up. The olny changes i have made since last night where the media and some alkand it went from 8 to 9 which i think is safe. ph 8.2 nitrate 0 phosphate. 0 or really low alk 9 cal 440 mag 1500 anyone have a clue on what i did?

02/27/2011, 10:24 AM	#4
allsps40 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Arizona Posts: 4,627	I would take out like 90% of it and start slowly with it. GFO can be harmful as well if use incorrectly/add to much at once. __________________ __________ Current Tank Info: Past reef tanks: 20H softy, 29G mixed reef, 55G mixed reef, 40B sps dominant mixed reef and 75G sps dominant mixed reef. No tank currently

02/27/2011, 11:31 AM	#5
mityoak Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: nj Posts: 128	bioi pellets I would add this, I was dosing vodka for about a year and had often Cyno out breaks but the benefts to my corals were great so i just lived with it. I have switched to bio plastics and wheened my tank from vodka with no ill effects and as of now no cyno .The corals all look amazing

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02/24/2011, 08:56 PM	#2
allsps40 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Arizona Posts: 4,627	Adding to much of the new solid carbon medias on the market can cause issue from everything I have heard. This is why I have stayed away. Bio pellets/media and higher alk can cause issues as well. Add media to reactor in small amounts over time. But if you have 0 no3 and 0 po4 then why are you adding a carbon source?

02/24/2011, 10:25 PM	#3
karsseboom Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 2,183	Cause i had some p04. Im thinking now i dont want to use bio pellets and just run gfo. Can i just take the BP out or do i need to take little by little. I have olny been running them for 2 days.